Mental Health
The Life Waiting For Me: A Letter
This essay was workshopped in The Layers Writing Workshops. Dear Hashem, You know everything that I have been through. You…
Meeting Myself In the Attic
This essay was workshopped in The Layers Writing Workshops. I never thought I would have the courage to finally face…
My Story of Sexual Abuse
It’s time to tell my story of sexual abuse. I’ll be honest, I’m absolutely terrified right now. Scared out of…
Experiencing Depression After Pregnancy Loss
For much of my life, I didn’t understand what it meant to be depressed. I thought it meant feeling down,…
Choosing Love
As much as I loved love and dished it out generously to others, I fed myself fear. This ingestion was…
The Next Chapter
It’s funny how sometimes we end up creating for others what we need the most. The Layers Project was born…
Maybe A Little Brighter, Tomorrow
After my second son was born, I struggled with mild postpartum depression (PPD). It was bad enough to be struggling…
Breathless: My Struggle With Panic Attacks
It starts with a tightness in my chest. Slow and searing, it feels like my heart has a clamp around…
Stopping to Surrender
It’s so hard for me to be far away from him, not to be able to hold him through this,…
How Far I’ve Come
Twenty years ago today, I was in Israel in seminary for about twelve days when right before Rosh Hashana, my…
The Darkness Behind My Smile
I am laying against the wall with my fingers in my ears. My eyes are closed shut. I feel the…
Azi’s Story: “Finding the Light Within Us”
(1/8): “Feeling Deeply” “From a very young age, I had a great capacity to feel. I recall watching an episode…